Avenue M & East 9th Street

Avenue M and East 9th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Mapleton-Midwood (West), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, Ave M, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 12 of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ave M
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · Q
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Avenue M/E 9 St · B9
Within a walk
21 places
12 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Avenue M & East 9th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ave M, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ave M Q
    0.3 miles
    Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. Q …
Southbound
1 line
  1. Q …

Also within a walk

  1. Ave N F
    0.5 miles
    F

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hare Apparent” (2011) by Rita MacDonald at the Ave M station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Avenue M/E 9 St, 100 feet away, for the B9.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Avenue M/E 9 St B9
    100 feet
    B9

Next buses at this stop

  1. B9 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Shore Parkway & Belt Parkway, 2.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1780 Coney Island Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1535 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, nine Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 2699 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11230
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 12
City Council district
44
Police precinct
66
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Mapleton-Midwood (West)
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1921 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2019 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Avenue M

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Avenue M

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of East 9th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of East 9th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 12 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 schools
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Bais Frieda Child Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    560 feet
  2. YDE School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  3. Yeshiva Darche Eres - Kindergarten School
    740 feet
Show all 9
  1. Omni Childhood Center Preschool
    770 feet
  2. Academy for Social Action Trade or language school
    900 feet
  3. Mesivta Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin School
    900 feet
  4. Peer Hatorah School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    950 feet
  5. Shaare Torah School
    1,040 feet
  6. P.S. 199 Frederick Wachtel School
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Agudas Achim of Midwood House of worship
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Moisha's Kosher Discount Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Pomegranate Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Mountain Fruit of Ave M Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Avenue M or East 9th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.